[I. CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM PRESENT]
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WILL GET STARTED. GOT A FULL HOUSE TODAY. SO WE HAVE THE QUORUM. OPEN FORUM. IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE OPEN FORUM.
[III. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
NEXT ITEM IS EXECUTIVE SESSION IS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 551.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THE REGULAR MEETING MAY BE CONVENED INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE ATTORNEY ON ANY AGENDA ITEM LISTED HEREIN. SECTION 551.087. SECTION 551.072 AND SECTION 551.074. SO WE WILL ALL RIGHT.SO WE ARE CONVENING BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 12:57 P.M. NEXT UP IS STAFF UPDATES. MIKE.
[ IV.A. Staff Updates]
HELLO. I'M GOING TO GIVE SOME REALLY QUICK UPDATES OF JUST REGIONAL AND INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT OF THE TEAM. SEVERAL OF US ATTENDED THE DALLAS BUSINESS JOURNAL COLLIN COUNTY GROWTH SUMMIT IN FRISCO AT TOYOTA STADIUM IN THEIR SOCCER HALL OF FAME. AMAZING EVENT. IT JUST REALLY TALKED ABOUT WHAT ALL IS GOING ON IN COLLIN, COLLIN, COLLIN COUNTY. AND IT WAS WE WERE OUR STAFF WERE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT. CELINA WAS BROUGHT UP MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THAT. BASICALLY WHERE IT'S AT IS CELINA. WE ALSO ATTENDED THE BISNOW COLLIN COUNTY STATE OF THE MARKET IN MCKINNEY. AND AGAIN, WE DID NOT HAVE FOLKS ON THE PANEL OR PAY TO HAVE PEOPLE ON THE PANEL, BUT OUR NAME WAS BROUGHT UP CELINA OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND JUST HEAR HOW PREVALENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE INVESTOR COMMUNITY, AND JUST AMONG COLLEAGUES IN THE REGION THAT CELINA, ALL OF THEM BROUGHT IT UP. REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM HILLWOOD AND JUST THE REX, THE COSTCO DEVELOPER, ERIC SEITZ, WAS THERE, AND CELINA WAS BROUGHT UP OVER AND OVER AND OVER. SO WE WERE VERY PROUD TO BE IN THE IN THAT IN THE COMPANY OF THOSE FOLKS AND SHOWCASE CELINA WITHOUT EVEN REALLY PUTTING ANY RESOURCES BEHIND IT. WE WERE BROUGHT UP MANY, MANY TIMES. AND THEN ANTHONY AND THE FOLKS FROM NORRIS DESIGN AND CATALYST WERE REPRESENTED AT THE APA CONFERENCE IN IRVING, AND ANTHONY WAS ON ONE OF THE PANELS. SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD EXPOSURE. WE ARE PLANNING TO PUT THE WILLOCK DEVELOPMENT ON OUR WEBSITE, SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. AND THEN ANDY BUFFINGTON ATTENDED IDC, IDC IN NEW ORLEANS. SO THAT WAS GREAT TO JUST SEE ALL THAT ACTIVITY. SO FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, WE ATTENDED THE GOLF TOURNAMENT. WE RECOGNIZED KYLE ROSE, FORMER PRESIDENT, AT A COUNCIL WITH A PROCLAMATION. CORBETT WAS INSTRUMENTAL CORPORATE. HOWARD INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE PREPLANNING FOR THE PROCLAMATION, AND IT REALLY MEANT THE WORLD TO KYLE. STAY TUNED FOR NEXT MONTH. THERE'LL BE A SECOND ONE. WE ALSO HAD THE GRACE BRIDGE RESTAURANT WEEK. WE SHOWCASED AND HIGHLIGHTED THAT STEPHANIE DID A GREAT JOB OF ORGANIZING THAT WITH GRACE BRIDGE, AND THEN WE WRAPPED UP THE BUSINESS GROWTH WORKSHOP SERIES WITH RICH.ALLEN HAD A PHENOMENAL TURNOUT WITH ALL OF THAT. SO HOPEFULLY IF Y'ALL DON'T GET A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTER WHEN YOU'RE BORED OR NEED HAVE EXTRA TIME, GO BACK AND READ OUR NEWSLETTER OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT. SO HERE'S SOME JUST IMPORTANT KEY DATES. SIERRA. AND BEFORE YOU MOVE ON REAL QUICK, SORRY, LAST SLIDE. JUST TWO QUICK THINGS. ONE IS THAT WHEN YOU SAY NEXT MONTH THAT WE'RE DOING THE ONE FOR CRAIG JAMES, THAT'S NEXT WEEK. YES, YES. WE COULD HAVE SOME BOARD ATTENDANCE WITH THAT TO HELP SUPPORT THE PAST PRESIDENT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SECOND, I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON IT BECAUSE WE'RE ON THIS SLIDE. THE BUSINESS GROWTH WORKSHOP, TONS OF RAVE REVIEWS ABOUT THAT. THE THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD WAS JUST OUTSTANDING. THE, THE SUPPORT THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THE COMMUNITY GOT OUT OF THAT, THAT THE BUSINESS LEADERS GOT SOME OF THE. I SAT THROUGH THE LAST ONE. SOME OF THE KEY POINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IN.
THERE WERE PHENOMENAL PIECES THAT IF PEOPLE WILL ENACT THAT INTO THEIR BUSINESSES, IT WILL HAVE HUGE RETURNS ON IT. SO YEAH, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. NO,
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WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. ANDY AND STEPHANIE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF GETTING INTEREST. THE TURNOUT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. PEOPLE WERE TEXTING, CALLING US AND STOPPING BY OUR OFFICE SAYING HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATED THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT WORKSHOP SERIES. SO THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE LOCAL BUSINESS SUPPORT LAUNCH AND KICKOFF. IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY POWERFUL. RICH ALLEN'S PHENOMENAL. IF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW HIM. I KNEW HIM BACK FROM MY DAYS IN FARMERS BRANCH, AND HE'S JUST THE REAL DEAL AUTHENTIC BUSINESS COACH. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO THIS WEEKEND, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE COMING, JUST A REMINDER, Y'ALL VOTED THAT THE SHAWNEE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT, REX GLENDENING WILL BE RECEIVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR RECOGNITION AT THE CHAMBER BANQUET. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT RSVP'D, WE'LL SEE YOU THERE. STAFF WILL BE ATTENDING AS WELL. AND THEN CRAIG JAMES IS THE SECOND SERVICE RECOGNITION AT CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU CAN. WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN US TO RECOGNIZE HIM WITH THE PROCLAMATION. AGAIN, CORBETT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GOING BACK THROUGH THE HISTORY OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HE DID FOR THE THE EDC AS FORMER PRESIDENT, THE GIFT TOURS THE FIFTH. WE ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY SOME KIND OF CHRISTMAS GET TOGETHER LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR. SO STAY TUNED. IF WE IF THAT COMES TO BE, IT'LL BE THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER. AND JUST AS AN FYI, I SEE RED RIVER AGAIN IS USUALLY IN DALLAS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE IN SAN ANTONIO. JUST A REMINDER THAT WE WILL BE WALKING. SOME STAFF WILL BE WALKING THE SHOW, NOT EXHIBITING. DUE TO THE EXORBITANT COSTS OF GETTING EVERYTHING TO SAN ANTONIO. WE WILL BE GOING TO EXHIBITING IN LAS VEGAS. JUST SO YOU HAVE THE DATES, YOU'LL BE GETTING ALL THESE AND EMAILS. BUT JUST AS A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING FOR VEGAS IN 2027, THE WEEKEND BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY, AND THEN WE HAVE SECURED THE SPACE FOR SURE. FOR THE ROUND TABLE ON APRIL 27TH OF 2027. SO IT'S CRAZY THAT WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING FOR MID 27, BUT WE ARE SO KEY IMPORTANT DATES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY WITH ANYTHING? OKAY, GREAT. THANKS. THANK YOU MA'AM. NEXT UP IS ACTION ITEMS. THE[V.A Regular EDC Board Meeting Minutes - October 6th, 12:00pm]
REGULAR EDC BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 6TH. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS WITH REGARDS TO THE MEETING MINUTES? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND, VOTING ELECTRONICALLY. HERE WE GO. OKAY. PASSES SIX ZERO. THERE WE GO. NOW WE GOT SEVEN.ALL RIGHT. AND THEN NEXT ON HERE IS ADJOURNMENT. SO WE WILL
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.